Occupational Health Practitioner
The postholder will work within the established OH team and primarily provide a specialist Occupational Health service focusing on manager referrals and health assessments for employees and managers of Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust. The OH service is nurse led, with the benefit of an OH Physician attending weekly.
- To promote, maintain and improve the physical and mental wellbeing of all staff.
- To advise both management and staff on the protection of employees against physical or environmental health hazards, which may arise from their work or the conditions in which it is carried out.
- To provide a proactive case management service to support health and wellbeing assessments, and help support employee health and presence in the workplace to drive down sickness absence.
Talk to anyone who has used the NHS, and it is the people who looked after them that they will remember. Those working in the NHS will talk about the amazing people who provide care and treatment. We are proud to be part of that team, and have a role uniquely to support its ongoing wellbeing and success. CHFT has been awarded a range of accreditation in recognition of our positive employment practice. Alongside being a Disability Confident Employer, we've also signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a totally inclusive Trust.
We have a wide range of networks supporting our staff diversity and backgrounds.
The OH service has SEQOHS accredited status, which has been maintained for 10+ years
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Pamela Wood Job title: Head of Occupational Health Email address: pamela.wood@cht.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07825693841
